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Podcast: GSD Venture Studios Podcasts by Gary Fowler
Episode: Building in Ecosystems: Partnerships, Data, and AI Futures with Tommy Nordahl
Description: A strong ecosystem can be the difference between a good product and a great business.Join me as I sit down with Tommy Nordahl—Co-founder & CEO of Starhive, serial entrepreneur with two exits—to discuss:Building inside the Atlassian ecosystem and the power of partnershipsWhy customers pushed him toward a flexible, transparent, industry-agnostic data platformThe trade-offs vs. vertical point solutions (and why he still chose platform-first)“Vibe coding,” AI-native workflows, and what this means for legacy enterprise vendors. If you care about distribution, data architecture, and AI-first strategy, this one’s a masterclass.